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Fellow officers testify in Nathan Woodyard trial over death of Elijah McClain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Two officers not charged in the death of Elijah McClain took the stand in day 4 of the Nathan Woodyard trial.The 34-year-old suspended Aurora Police Officer faces reckless manslaughter and a lesser included count of criminally negligent homicide for the 2019 death of McClain. Did officer’s actions contribute to Elijah McClain’s death? Doctors testify in trial He's the officer who first took McClain to the ground and applied a carotid neck hold on the 23-year-old, causing him to lose consciousness. Aurora Police Officer Darron Dunson arrived on the scene after McClain had been stopped for walking home while hearing a runner's mask. Dunson testified he remembered hearing McClain say at least twice that he couldn't breathe.When asked if he saw Officer Woodyard do anything to address the fact that McClain was having trouble breathing, Officer Dunson said, "I did not." Suspect in Adams County deputy assault barricaded in Westminster Woodyard's defense attorn...

'There's a deep meaning to it': Denver Native American applauds Mount Blue Sky name

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

DENVER, (KDVR) -- From the 12th floor of Kavod Senior Life in Denver, the view looking west is tough to beat.The downtown skyline sits in the foreground with snow-capped peaks in the distance behind it. But the view from the Mount Evans conference room is dampened by one thing for Sammy Four Feathers: the name of the room itself."It’s bad, because we had names for the mountains, and we’re just ignored,” she said. “It’s something that you don’t like, but you have to put up with it.” Halloween and horror movies filmed in Colorado That sign, and the controversial name that accompanies it, will be coming down next month. Staff at Kavod has made the decision to rename the room to Mount Blue Sky, after the U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted last month to rename Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky.“We’re a dying nation. The Indian nation is a dying nation," she said. The 83-year-old Four Feathers will get a chance to speak to her neighbors on the day the room is renamed."I’m n...

Electric truck maker Rivian plans Colorado location, announces Georgia factory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Rivian Automotive will move ahead with construction on a factory in Georgia early next year, the company confirmed Thursday.The California-based electric truck company made the announcement as it opens a retail location in an intown Atlanta development, the eighth in a network of what the company calls “spaces” that it's rolling out in select locations nationwide. The company plans additional locations in Colorado, Texas and California in coming months. How much do houses cost in Colorado? See the list by county Customers can't buy a truck or SUV at Rivian's Atlanta location — the company only sells online to evade Georgia's rules requiring auto manufacturers to have dealers. But the company hopes people who have already reserved one of Rivian's vehicles or who are thinking about buying one will stop by to learn about electric vehicles, climb inside, take a test drive, and even buy a Rivian-branded jacket or backpack.“We sell a physical product, so people want to ex...

Green Bay Packers vs. Denver Broncos: TV channel, time, what to know

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers are facing off Sunday in an afternoon game.The only win for the 1-5 Broncos came three weeks ago against the Chicago Bears. Otherwise, the season has been underwhelming for fans - especially when compared to the relative success of the University of Colorado Buffaloes and the spotlight shining on Boulder. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and more sports news The 2-3 Packers haven't had much more success, but Green Bay is coming off a bye week and should be well-rested. How to watch Packers vs. Broncos on TV and streamingKickoff: 2:25 p.m. MTChannel: CBSThe Broncos are back in the afternoon timeslot this week against the Green Bay Packers.Kickoff is scheduled for 2:25 p.m. at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in DenverTickets for Packers vs. BroncosIf you're hoping to see a Broncos game this fall you may want to try to make it this weekend. Not only will the weather be great (more on that below) b...

Worker rushed to hospital after tree stump grinder injury in Davie

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

Rescue crews rushed a worker to the hospital following a major mishap in Davie involving a tree stump grinder.The incident took place at the Estates of Stirling Lake community, Friday afternoon.According to Davie Fire Rescue, the victim got his leg caught in the machine while trying to remove a tree from the backyard of a home.Paramedics transported the man to Memorial Regional Hospital. His condition is unknown.

Four people hospitalized after truck driver slams into vehicles, bank in Yarmouth

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

Authorities in Yarmouth said four people were injured after a pickup truck driver slammed into several vehicles and a business in a crash caught on camera Friday morning.The Yarmouth Police Department said both officers and firefighters were called to the TD Bank off Route 28 where a truck was found embedded in the side of the building around 11:30 a.m.Investigators found the crash appeared to happen after the truck left the roadway and “became airborne after hitting a median,” striking a sign in the process which, in turn, hit and injured a bystander.Two parked cars were also struck as the truck barreled in the direction of the bank and eventually plowed into a brick wall.All four people injured, including the driver, suffered what were described as minor injuries.Officials said there were a total of six people inside the bank at the time of the crash. Despite this crash, officials said there appeared to be no structural damage to the bank building, adding that the...

Blind rower joins his son to compete in Head of the Charles Regatta

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

As tens of thousands of rowers descend on the Charles River for the Head of the Charles Regatta, a father-son duo have a unique advantage – one of them is blind.For a blind rower like Dan Berlin, feel and sound is already the world around him.“You have one person either in the bow or a coxswain in the boat looking forward and everyone else just kind of follows the motion of the boat so it’s kind of feel and sound,” Dan Berlin said.Dan and his son Adrien have been rowing together for eight years. Dan, diagnosed with a degenerative eye disorder when he was a child, started rowing in their hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado when Adrien joined his high school team.“It’s just a great thing we started doing together because I was like ‘hey I’m doing it, I think you’d think this is cool, why don’t you do it,'” Adrien said, “and it just kind of evolved into something that the two of us have really bonded over.”The training is intense, and the pair race in a doubles boat, which c...

Shuttle buses replacing service along part of Green Line Extension

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

Shuttle buses were replacing train service along part of the MBTA’s Green Line Extension Friday afternoon, the T said. The MBTA first announced delays on the Green Line in a post on X around 3:45 p.m., saying a train with a pantograph problem near Lechmere station was to blame.In an update shortly after 4 p.m., the T said shuttle buses were replacing service between North Station and Union Square station. The T said shuttles were continuing to replace train service as of around 4:45 p.m. “Passengers may use Rt 80 bus for alternate service between Medford/Tufts and Lechmere,” the T said in a post. “Passengers may also consider Rts 86, 91, and CT2 from Union Sq to Sullivan Sq for Orange Line service.”This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Kendra Lara faces fewer charges related to July crash into Jamaica Plain home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

The weight of charges against City Councilor Kendra Lara following a June car crash into a Jamaica Plain house got a little lighter, with prosecutors dismissing two charges.Lara, 34, who represents Jamaica Plain as the District 6 councilor, appeared in municipal court in West Roxbury Friday with speeding and reckless operation dismissed from the lineup of charges related to the July 7 crash. A charge for failing to wear a seat belt will not move forward as it has reached its end with a finding of not responsible.The charges remaining include recklessly permitting bodily injury to a child under 14 years old, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license, driving an uninsured vehicle, driving an unregistered vehicle, and not placing a child under 8 years old and under 58 inches in a car seat. She pleaded not guilty to all charges.Lara has not been licensed for a decade, the Herald has reported. The injury to a child charge is related injuries suffered by her...

Battenfeld: Boston city councilors hand out big, taxpayer-funded bonuses to staffers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

Christmas comes early for the Boston City Council.Councilors continue to hand out hefty, taxpayer-funded pay bonuses to staffers in a practice that smacks of old school politics excess.Councilor-at-large Michael Flaherty, who is retiring at the end of the year, this week doled out nearly $25,000 worth of bonuses to four staffers, records show.That includes a $9,885 one-time bonus to staffer Paul Sullivan, $6,115 bonuses to aides Clare Brooks and Mary Karski and a $2,519 bonus to assistant Tricia Kalayjian, according to records.Flaherty isn’t the only one giving bonuses but it adds a certain sting when a councilor hands them out a few months before leaving office. Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson tried to give one staffer — her sister — a $7,000 bonus until she was caught by the Ethics Commission.How many people would like to get a $10,000 or $7,000 bonus? A lot of people work hard, but don’t get handed big taxpayer funded bonuses.They get on the malfunctioning T ...